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Flattening A Pandemic's Curve: Why Staying Home Now Can Save Lives

From school closures to event cancellations, the disruptions are real — and vital. It's all to slow the spread of coronavirus, so hospitals don't get so overwhelmed that they can't treat the sickest.
Maria Godoy
Health

Lessons From U.S. Hospitals Caring For COVID-19 Patients

To keep the new coronavirus from spreading in the U.S., hospitals say they need new and sustained funding for good epidemiology as well as more masks, gowns and gloves.
Patti Neighmond
Business

As U.S. Preps For Coronavirus, Health Workers Question Safety Measures

The plight of Chinese health care workers contracting the coronavirus has prompted frontline medical staff in the U.S. to wonder if they're protected. Hospitals say they're taking steps to prepare.
Yuki Noguchi
Health

What Happens If You're Critically Ill In China — But Not With Coronavirus

Residents say their relatives have been unable to get care for cancer, for childhood diseases and more as Wuhan and other cities put a priority on treating COVID-19 patients.
Emily Feng

Amy Cheng
Health

Opinion: Emergency Rooms Shouldn't Be Parking Lots For Patients

Patients in hospital ERs can wait hours for inpatient beds to open up. The delays can be maddening. A solution for this long-standing problem has been elusive in the U.S., despite progress elsewhere.
Clayton Dalton

Daniel Tonellato
Health

Mold persists at Seattle Children's Hospital. State is investigating

For the second time this year, Seattle Children’s Hospital has closed all its operating rooms due to a mold problem
Paige Browning
Health

A New Way Of Paying For Maternity Care Aims To Reduce C-Sections

Instead of paying doctors piecemeal for prenatal appointments and delivery of the baby, some insurers now offer medical practices one lump sum to cover it all.
Carmen Heredia Rodriguez
Health

Families, advocates sound alarm over patients stuck in the hospital without a medical need

Christopher Davis was lying on the floor watching cartoons one night last December while his mother, Beverly, decorated her Spokane home for Christmas. From time to time, she showed him a decoration. But Christopher, a 46-year-old developmentally disabled man, just pushed them away.
Austin Jenkins
Health

Bill Of The Month: Estimate For Cost Of Hernia Surgery Misses The Mark

Patients are often told to be smart consumers and shop around for health care before they use it. But even when you do so, estimates from insurers, hospitals and doctors can be unreliable.
Rachel Bluth
Health

Creative Recruiting Helps Rural Hospitals Overcome Doctor Shortages

Recruiting doctors to come to work in rural hospitals has always been a challenge, especially in a hot job market. But some hospitals in remote areas are finding ways to lure much-needed talent.
Yuki Noguchi

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